Monday, January 25, 2016

ALEJANDRO MURGUÍA TRIBUTE TO FRANCISCO X. ALARCÓN



 La Boheme—January 10th
                                           Para—Francisco X. Alarcón


Francisco is smiling

though he is bleeding inside

around him songs and flowers bloom

outside a colibri hums

an amaranth in the middle of 24th street

spreads its seeds

Francisco (Xochipilli)

con corazón de vida

in his hands

is smiling
 —Alejandro Murguía







Alejandro Murguía is the author of Stray Poems, City Lights Books, and is
the Sixth San Francisco Poet Laureate and the first Latino to hold the post.
He is also a Professor in Latina/Latino Studies at San Francisco State
University.  *Tribute for Francisco X. Alarcón

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